My six-year-old granddaughter, Caitlyn, and I stopped at a Tim Horton’s shop for a blueberry cake. As we were going out of the door, a young teenage boy was coming in.

This young man had no hair on sides of his head with a set of blue spiked（竖起的）hair on top of it. One of his nostrils(鼻孔) was pierced （扎、穿）, and a ring ran through the hole and a chain went across his face and was attached to a ring he was wearing in his ear. He held a skateboard under one arm and a basketball under the other.

Caitlyn, who was walking ahead of me, stopped at once when she saw the teenager, I thought he’d scared her and she’d frozen on the spot.

 I was wrong.

 My granddaughter backed up against the door and opened it as wide as it would go. Now I was face to face with the young man. I stepped aside and let him pass. His response was a polite “Thank you very much”.

On our way to the car, I praised Caitlyn for her manners in holding open the door for the young man. She didn’t seem to be troubled by his appearance, but I wanted to make sure. If a grandmother’s talk about freedom of self-expression and allowing people their differences was in order, I wanted to be ready.

 As it turned out, the person who needed the talk was me.

 The only thing Caitlyn noticed about the teenager was the fact that his arms were full. “He would have a hard time to open the door. ”

I saw the partially shaved head, the set of spiked hair, the piercing and the chain. She saw a person carrying something under each arm and heading toward a closed door.

In the future, I hope to get down on her level and raise my sights.

1.What did the author think of the young man?

A. Polite.    B. Uncommon.   C. Frightening. D. Funny.

2. Caitlyn helped the young man because______ .

A. she was scared         B. she didn’t notice his look

C. she wanted to avoid him  D. it would be difficult for him to open the door

3. The underlined sentence suggests that_______ .

A. the author was ashamed of herself

B. the author didn’t know how to give a talk on freedom

C. a talk on freedom was useless for the granddaughter

D. people should have more freedom to express themselves

4. The author intends to tell us that_______ .

A. we shouldn’t judge a person by his look

B. we should allow people more freedom to dress differently

C. we should be more helpful and tolerant(宽容的)to people

D. we shouldn’t be too particular about people in life

第二节完型填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上涂黑。
Every April, Tim Reilly writes a birthday card for his son Matthew and leaves it on the kitchen table. And every year, after a few days, he reluctantly （不情愿地） removes it   36   and puts it on top of the   37   that have accumulated since Matthew' s disappearance.
His bedroom   38   as it was when Matthew, aged 30, walked   39   of the family home. On top of the cupboard is a yellowing copy of the Radio Times pitifully  40   the day when he disappeared.
Matthew was living at his parents' house when he left to  41   his daily walk. He was a good - looking artist who,   42   from feeling the pressure that came with his unsteady, highly competitive career, had no  43   to walk out on his life, family and friends and  44   return.
"The day he left was the same as any other,"   45   Tim, speaking quietly. "He didn't say goodbye but that wasn't  46  . He went for a walk every day. " The police started an investigation seeking for him or, worse, his body, but nothing   47   up. At first Tim   48  . Matthew to return after a couple of days, but as the weeks turned into months, and then years, Tim' s optimism has sometimes become weaker although his  49   to find his son has not.
Last Sunday, Matthew would have turned 40. After his disappearance Tim used to buy  50
for Matthew' s birthday each year but  51   he decided to just write a card. Each one   52   a loving message that Tim, 86, hopes Matthew will one day read.
Tim went into Matthew' s bedroom every day to let in some air and just think about him. When his wife became ill, it was terrible. She   53   a horrible death with her last   54 ：Where is Matthew?
"If I could  55   to Matthew," said Tim, "I'd just tell him to come home. It doesn't matter that he’s been away so long, I just want him to come back and I always will. "
36．A．covered    B．wrapped   C．unopened  D．untouched
37．A．flowers     B．cakes C．letters       D．others
38．A．puts  B．keeps C．appears     D．remains
39．A．out    B．away C．off    D．over
40．A．mentioned       B．marked     C．dated D．printed
41．A．go     B．take   C．spend       D．cost
42．A．except      B．besides     C．apart D．but
43．A．way  B．method     C．interest     D．reason
44．A．seldom     B．hardly      C．never D．neither
45．A．remembers       B．recites      C．reminds    D．thinks
46．A．reasonable       B．unusual     C．responsible       D．necessary
47．A．showed     B．caught      C．started      D．turned
48．A．imagined  B．expected   C．desired     D．hoped
49．A．determinationB．assumption  C．consideration    D．identification
50．A．cards B．gifts  C．clothes      D．shoes
51．A．eventually B．occasionally     C．temporarily      D．especially
52．A．reads B．says   C．consists     D．contains
53．A．escaped    B．abolished  C．suffered    D．performed
54．A．question   B．sentence    C．intention   D．problem
55．A．turn  B．speak C．shout D．write

   

We invite you to join us this summer for the First ePals Conferencel
Dear ePals Community Member, ePals will hold its first conference
for tech directors and teachers on Tuesday, July 15, in Boston. Our one-day
event is a pre-conference of Alan.
November’s Building Learning Commurities 2008 Conference.
Come see how ePals, the Internet’s largest social learning network, can
transform your classroom,
school and district with our award-winning, safe and protected School
M@ilTM and SchoolBlogTM
offered at no cost.
ePals team members, expert teachers and instructional technology directors will share their
experiences using the ePals Global Community to build 21st Century skills in the classroom.
Among the speakers are:
?       Tim DiScipio, co-founder of ePals, sharing the vision for global collaboration and corporate partnerships with National Geographic, the classmate PC powered by Intel, and the XO from One Laptop Per Child
?       Dr. Kari Stubbs on "ePals 101: Where and How to Start Using Global Collaborative Tools in Project-based Learning." Dr. Stubbs led the Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT) initiative in Kansas before joining ePals as director of professional development.
?       Dr. Rita Oates on "Accomplishing the New NETS Standards for Students with ePals Tools and Activities." Dr. Oates formerly was in charge of ed tech in Miami-Dade County Public Schools.
?       Dr. Laurie Henry, University of Kentucky, talking about literacy(读写能力) issues in the online world
?       Dr. Shelia Gersh, City Colleges of New York, sharing her ePals project as an example of a successful 21st century online educational experience
?       Carol Bar, teacher at Blue Valley High School(KS), "Blogging for Language Acquisition"
?       Adina Popa, teacher at Potowmack Elementary (VA), will speak about schoolwide use of ePals and video conferencing to other classrooms
?       Several district tech directors talking about best practices in implementation(安装) and use in their districts for safe and protected student email and blogs
?       Other classroom teachers sharing their experiences for instructional success in the online community and using free, safe and protected online tools from ePals
Register and get more information at www.epals.com/conference
【小题1】The letter is written to _______.

My six-year-old granddaughter, Caitlyn, and I stopped at a Tim Horton’s shop for a blueberry cake. As we were going out of the door, a young teenage boy was coming in.

This young man had no hair on sides of his head with a set of blue spiked（竖起的）hair on top of it. One of his nostrils(鼻孔) was pierced （扎、穿）, and a ring ran through the hole and a chain went across his face and was attached to a ring he was wearing in his ear. He held a skateboard under one arm and a basketball under the other.

Caitlyn, who was walking ahead of me, stopped at once when she saw the teenager, I thought he’d scared her and she’d frozen on the spot.

 I was wrong.

 My granddaughter backed up against the door and opened it as wide as it would go. Now I was face to face with the young man. I stepped aside and let him pass. His response was a polite “Thank you very much”.

On our way to the car, I praised Caitlyn for her manners in holding open the door for the young man. She didn’t seem to be troubled by his appearance, but I wanted to make sure. If a grandmother’s talk about freedom of self-expression and allowing people their differences was in order, I wanted to be ready.

 As it turned out, the person who needed the talk was me.

 The only thing Caitlyn noticed about the teenager was the fact that his arms were full. “He would have a hard time to open the door. ”

I saw the partially shaved head, the set of spiked hair, the piercing and the chain. She saw a person carrying something under each arm and heading toward a closed door.

In the future, I hope to get down on her level and raise my sights.

What did the author think of the young man?

A. Polite. B. Uncommon.   C. Frightening. D. Funny.

Caitlyn helped the young man because______ .

A. she was scared         B. she didn’t notice his look

C. she wanted to avoid him  D. it would be difficult for him to open the door

The underlined sentence suggests that_______ .

A. the author was ashamed of herself

B. the author didn’t know how to give a talk on freedom

C. a talk on freedom was useless for the granddaughter

D. people should have more freedom to express themselves

The author intends to tell us that_______ .

A. we shouldn’t judge a person by his look

B. we should allow people more freedom to dress differently

C. we should be more helpful and tolerant(宽容的)to people

D. we shouldn’t be too particular about people in life

We invite you to join us this summer for the First ePals Conferencel

    Dear ePals Community Member, ePals will hold its first conference

for tech directors and teachers on Tuesday, July 15, in Boston. Our one-day

event is a pre-conference of Alan.

November’s Building Learning Commurities 2008 Conference.

Come see how ePals, the Internet’s largest social learning network, can

transform your classroom,

school and district with our award-winning, safe and protected School

M@ilTM and SchoolBlogTM

offered at no cost.

ePals team members, expert teachers and instructional technology directors will share their

experiences using the ePals Global Community to build 21st Century skills in the classroom.

Among the speakers are:

•       Tim DiScipio, co-founder of ePals, sharing the vision for global collaboration and corporate partnerships with National Geographic, the classmate PC powered by Intel, and the XO from One Laptop Per Child

•       Dr. Kari Stubbs on "ePals 101: Where and How to Start Using Global Collaborative Tools in Project-based Learning." Dr. Stubbs led the Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT) initiative in Kansas before joining ePals as director of professional development.

•       Dr. Rita Oates on "Accomplishing the New NETS Standards for Students with ePals Tools and Activities." Dr. Oates formerly was in charge of ed tech in Miami-Dade County Public Schools.

•       Dr. Laurie Henry, University of Kentucky, talking about literacy(读写能力) issues in the online world

•       Dr. Shelia Gersh, City Colleges of New York, sharing her ePals project as an example of a successful 21st century online educational experience

•       Carol Bar, teacher at Blue Valley High School(KS), "Blogging for Language Acquisition"

•       Adina Popa, teacher at Potowmack Elementary (VA), will speak about schoolwide use of ePals and video conferencing to other classrooms

•       Several district tech directors talking about best practices in implementation(安装) and use in their districts for safe and protected student email and blogs

•       Other classroom teachers sharing their experiences for instructional success in the online community and using free, safe and protected online tools from ePals

Register and get more information at www.epals.com/conference

1.The letter is written to _______.

         A．attract more customers

         B．answer readers’ questions

         C．inform related people of a conference

         D．recommend some teachers

2.From the text we can learn that ______.

         A．the July 15 conference is just a pre-conference

         B．the July 15 conference will last till November

         C．BLC08 will be set up at the July 15 conference

         D．the BLC08 Conference will be held this summer

3.________ will talk about his/her experiences in using the ePals and video conference in classrooms at school.

         A．Tim DiScipio                                                   B．Dr. Laurie Henry  

         C．Adina Popa                                                  D．A tech director

4.It can be inferred from the text that ePals here _______.

         A．refer to those who keep in touch with each other through email

         B．is in fact a software for online language study

         C．is an expensive tool for language learners on the Internet

         D．refer to all the language teachers who globally communicate with each other